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Portuguese Rugby Union Championship
Campeonato Nacional de Rugby is the main rugby union competition in Portugal. This championship is organized by the Portuguese Rugby Federation. The competition is organized into three Divisions: * CN Honra/Super Bock (8 teams) * Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão (8 teams) * Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão (4 groups of 5/6 teams each) External links Portuguese Rugby Federation Official Website Rugby union leagues in Portugal, {{portugal-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Rugby Federation
The Portuguese Rugby Federation ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Portugal. It was founded in 1926 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988. The Portuguese Rugby Federation organises the main rugby union championship of Portugal, the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby, and oversees the country's national teams— men's and women's, age-grade teams, and sevens teams for both men and women. National teams * Portugal national rugby union team *Portugal national rugby sevens team *Portugal women's national rugby union team References External links Federação Portuguesa de Rugby Official Site *Federação Portuguesa de Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Nacional De Rugby I Divisão
The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão is the second tier competition of the Portuguese domestic rugby championship and is organised by the Portuguese Rugby Federation. The winner gets promoted to the Campeonato Português de Rugby and the last positioned team gets relegated to the Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão. The current champions are Montemor, from Montemor-o-Novo. The league consists of 12 teams. Season 2023-24 teams Group North * Braga * CDUP "B" * CRAV * Guimarães Group Center * Bairrada * Caldas * Santarém * Técnico Group South * Évora * Loulé * Montemor * Setúbal Champions http://www.fpr.pt/a_fpr/relatorios_e_contas.asp Detailed classifications of FPR competitions See also * Rugby union in Portugal References External links Portuguese Rugby Federation Official Website Rugby union leagues in Portugal Port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Nacional De Rugby II Divisão
The Campeonato Nacional de Rugby II Divisão is the third tier of the Portuguese Rugby League. It consists in regional groups (3 groups in 2023-24: 1 in the north (7 clubs) and 2 in the south - South 1 (5 clubs) and South 2 (6 clubs)). Season 2023-24 teams Group North * Académica "A" * Agrária * Douro Rugby * ER Porto * Sport CP * Tondela * Trofa/Famalicão Group South 1 * Alcochetense * Belenenses "B" * Direito "B" * ER Galiza * Vila da Moita Group South 2 * Belas * Dark Horses * Elvas * Oeiras * São Miguel "A" * Sporting CP Champions http://www.fpr.pt/a_fpr/relatorios_e_contas.asp Detailed classifications of FPR competitions See also * Rugby union in Portugal Rugby union in Portugal is a growing sport, though still a long distance from association football. The sport is essentially amateur in Portugal, with some degree of semi-professionalisation in its top flight league and the national rugby un ... References External links Portuguese Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
